Proactively “From the Sea”; an agent of change leveraging the littoral best practices for a paradigm breaking six-sigma best business case to synergize a consistent design in the global commons, rightsizing the core values supporting our mission statement via the 5-vector model through cultural diversity.

27 comments:

CV60
said...

I was on the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON in 1994 when a rogue wave ripped the door to the quarterdeck off and tossed it into the quarterdeck. Very impressive, given that the quarterdeck is 30 feet above the waterline.

I was on the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON in 1994 when a rogue wave ripped the door to the quarterdeck off and tossed it into the quarterdeck. Very impressive, given that the quarterdeck is 30 feet above the waterline.

I was on the USS GEORGE WASHINGON (CVN-73) in 1994 when a rogue wave ripped the quarterdeck hatch off and tossed it onto the quarterdeck. Pretty impressive when you figure that particular hatch is 30 feet above the waterline.

I was on a figlet in ... 2001? 2002? Winter, at any rate. Left NAVSTA Newport to play in the North Atlantic for a few days before going back to Mayport. Ran up about 2 million in damages from the storm. Ripped ladders off the superstructure, sprang leaks all over. Loads of fun, that was.

Tell me that running rust wasn't there before King Neptune decided to blow the hatch? Any clue which ship?

Reminds me a of early 90's cruise heading from Singapore to Hong Kong. Seas so rough that we watched Fife's bow dome go airborne. Loving it on the bridge of the FFG and laughing all the way because we actually rode better, but then discovered superstructure cracks once inport...damn cheap aluminum! Not so good. And then came INSURV... at least SRF Yoko could fix things right.

Not the aluminums fault... Bath Iron was the design and planning yard for Perry. They told NAVSEA of a potential for fractures in the midbody unless an expansion joint was installed along with thicker longitudinal hull stiffening. Got that from a BIW design guy that was there when it happened. FFGs have been cracking ever since. "Poor welding" has been the excuse for the past 10 years.

That is not a SAN ANTONIO Class. The bulkhead is not angled for reduced RCS, and I can't remember a single individually dogged door going topside to a weather deck. Maybe it's the camera settings. But, that paint looks too blue to be haze grey.